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Cologne evacuates 20,000 people after three World War II bombs discovered

CNN — The German city of Cologne is moving 20,500 people in its largest evacuation since World War II, after officials discovered three massive, unexploded bombs. The American bombs – two 20-ton weapons and another that weighs 10 tons – were found in a shipyard on Monday, the city said, causing a huge “danger zone” …

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Egypt Independent June 4, 2025

Hidden secret messages allegedly discovered on 3,000-year-old Egyptian Obelisk in Paris

A French Egyptologist, Dr. Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, claims to have discovered seven secret messages hidden within the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the Luxor Obelisk in Paris’s Place de la Concorde, The Daily Mail reported. The obelisk, dating back over 3,000 years and carved from red granite during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II, was transported to the …

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Egypt Independent April 24, 2025

Royal cemetery from Second Intermediate Period and pottery workshop discovered in Sohag

The Egyptian-American archaeological mission from the University of Pennsylvania discovered a royal tomb from the Second Intermediate Period in the “Jabal Anubis” necropolis in Abydos. The Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities also discovered a complete Roman-era pottery workshop in the village of Banawit. Sharif Fathi, the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, …

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Egypt Independent March 15, 2025

Meet the ‘wooly devil,’ a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park

A close-up view of the wooly devil, a new species and genus identified in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

NPR NEWS February 27, 2025

Emirati passports discovered in Sudan suggest UAE boots on the ground

Emirati passports discovered in Sudan suggest UAE boots on the ground The UAE has long been accused of drawing out

Middle East Eye July 26, 2024

Video: Secret tunnel discovered under women’s section of Jewish synagogue in New York

Chaos erupted in Brooklyn as Chabad extremists sought to defend a clandestine tunnel deemed illegal by authorities, discovered under a local synagogue. Tensions flared as police forcibly closed a tunnel, leading to arrests of 10 protesters linked to an extremist movement. Last December, the tunnel was discovered under the world headquarters of the Chabad movement, the …

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Egypt Independent January 12, 2024